Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate

INS 1442

Used as an emulsifier — Codex also lists it as anticaking agent, stabilizer, thickener.

Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate is both cross-linked and stabilised, and is among the most common thickeners in ready meals, sauces and pie fillings that must survive freezing.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationNot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFAPermitted, with conditions

11 food categories

highest permitted level 10,000 mg/kg

Show every food category
  • 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation — GMP
  • 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation — GMP
  • 01.2.2 Renneted milk (plain) — GMP
  • 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream (plain) — GMP
  • 01.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) — GMP
  • 01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) — GMP
  • 01.8.2 Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses — 10,000 mg/kg
  • 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — GMP
  • 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) — GMP
  • 12.2.1 Herbs and spices — GMP
  • 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa — GMP
CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 1442and 11 further provisionsretrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Made by cross-linking starch with a phosphate bridge and reacting it with propylene oxide.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian

Every name it appears under

2 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

INS number

  • 1442

Other names

  • HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07

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